A 16-year-old schoolboy from a coastal resort in New Zealand has obliterated the world record for the fastest mile by a junior runner in one of the most jaw-dropping athletics feats of recent times.

A 16-year-old from New Zealand has set a new world record for the fastest mile run by an under–18 athlete. Sam Ruthe crossed the finish line in an extraordinary 3:48.88 minutes at the John Thomas ...

The 16-year-old New Zealander’s time at the John Thomas Terrier Classic in Boston is also the 11th fastest indoor mile ever ...

These finish times are something to behold ...

New Zealand's Sam Ruthe won the mile at Boston University in a blistering 3:48.88, breaking the world U18 indoor mark against ...

Cole Hocker ran 3:45.94 to set a new American Indoor Record in the mile at the Sound Invite on Saturday evening.

Freshman Jane Hedengren, Chamberlain’s BYU teammate, was also among the three women that ran faster than Silan Ayyildiz’s ...